Primate Update E-Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 9, Part 2

WHAT’S HAPPENING at PPS?

We Need Your Help!

Please join with us in our life saving work. Raising funds has become critically important with the huge increase in expenditures! The new extension, monthly utility bills, and facility maintenance are putting extreme financial pressure on the Sanctuary’s limited resources. Every contribution counts and is greatly appreciated!

Rescue Fund

A Rescue Fund will allow us to provide refuge for at risk animals needing to be brought to the Sanctuary immediately. Laboratories and pet owners often have deadlines for placement and may not contribute to the costs involved in getting the animal to Pacific Primate Sanctuary or provide for their housing and care. Your contributions will allow us to reach out to these monkeys and bring them to this safe haven.

Please send your tax-deductible donations to:


Pacific Primate Sanctuary
500-A Haloa Road
Haiku, HI 96708


Or donate on our website, www.pacificprimate.org using PayPal.

PPS PEOPLE in the SPOTLIGHT

Meet Kaitlin:
Kaitlin began volunteering at Pacific Primate Sanctuary at the young age of 15 years old. Throughout her busy high school years, Kaitlin came to PPS every week to care for the monkeys. She was a dedicated volunteer and brightened the sanctuary with her positive demeanor and good nature. After Kaitlin went to college, she returned as a PPS volunteer over the holidays. Kaitlin will soon be graduating from UCSD, but plans to pursue further studies in Primatology.

Kaitlin at her High School Graduation with Sanctuary Volunteers

Kaitlin describes how life changing her volunteer experience at PPS has been:

…I have been thinking about the sanctuary a lot recently. Working alongside the monkeys and volunteers has really shaped me into the person I am today. The memories that I have of the sanctuary are the foundation of a driving force in me to dedicate my life to zoological conservation.
I will be finishing my fourth year of undergrad at the University of San Diego in the fall with a Biological Anthropology major and a Biology minor. This summer I am … getting ready to go on a trip to Indonesia at the beginning of August. In Indonesia, specifically Borneo, I will be volunteering with the Orangutan Foundation International, helping them improve various structures around the sanctuary grounds. I will have a chance to meet Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas and hopefully see how she manages to stay so motivated even when it seems like none of the world's conservation efforts are helping. After my adventure in Borneo, I'm hoping I'll have more resources to begin doing great things with my life! My long-term career goal is to get my Ph.D. in Primatology.


If I had not been given the opportunity to volunteer at the Pacific Primate Sanctuary at the young age of 15, I think I would be on a very different path. The most rewarding work I have ever done was those Sunday shifts with Skip and the interns, making sure all our non human primate friends had the most comfortable life we could give them. And for that I thank you Lucy, for believing in me and allowing me to grow into myself. I still read the talk story minutes every month and think about everyone often. I hope that I can one day return to Maui and the sanctuary!

PPS INTERNSHIP

Meet the newest PPS Intern: Hannah

Pacific Primate Sanctuary is pleased to announce the selection of our newest Resident Intern, Hannah. She will be joining us at the end of September. Hannah has recently graduated from UCSD with a degree Environmental Systems- Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution.

Hannah writes:
I am dedicated to wildlife and the conservation effort. I have a scientific background and the heart to learn more…The Sanctuary will be a great place for me to grow both in character and in knowledge. I would love to join PPS, since I have many common goals with PPS. I would like to work in the field of conservation. Since primates have been greatly impacted by human population growth, they are a great group of animals to help protect.


During the internship, I would like to learn more about the different species of primates and the important roles they play in their natural environment… I want to continue the efforts of many others to protect the natural resources that we have and provide a better place for future generations.

Welcome Hannah, we are excited to have you join us at the end of September!




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Primate Update E-Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 8, Part 2

WHAT’S HAPPENING at PPS?

Building the New PPS Extension

PPS Volunteers Move Plants into the Extension

The building stage of the PPS Extension is complete, and Steven has hooked up the power and water. Each enclosure has been filled with plants, branches, hammocks and nest boxes by a wonderful team of vounteers! We have moved 6 monkeys into their new enclosures, and they are really enjoying their new home. It was so wonderful to see them exploring the plants and branches, and experiencing the sun and wind. Unfortunately, many of the enclosures will need to have work done on the door closures before we can move in the rest of the monkeys. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who helped make this possible. We had a great crew of volunteers all working together to outfit the new enclosures, and it was amazing to see the positive spirit and teamwork that went into the process.




We Need Your Help!

Raising funds is becoming critically important with the huge increase in expenditures! The new extension, monthly utility bills, and facility maintenance are putting extreme financial pressure on the Sanctuary’s limited resources. Every contribution counts and is greatly appreciated.


Rescue Fund

A Rescue Fund will allow us to provide refuge for at risk animals needing to be brought to the Sanctuary immediately. Laboratories and pet owners often have deadlines for placement and may not contribute to the costs involved in getting the animal to Pacific Primate Sanctuary or provide for their housing and care. Your contributions will allow us to reach out to these monkeys and bring them to our safe haven.

Please send your tax-deductible donations to:


Pacific Primate Sanctuary
500-A Haloa Road
Haiku, HI 96708


Or donate on our website, www.pacificprimate.org using PayPal.
Thank you for joining us in this life-saving work!

PPS PEOPLE in the SPOTLIGHT

Farewell Volunteer Torsten
Torsten has been volunteering at Pacific Primate Sanctuary for the last year. He has recently graduated from High School, and will soon be heading off to college. Torsten has been a wonderful addition to the Sanctuary, and will be greatly missed. We hope he will continue to volunteer at the Sanctuary during his Winter and Summer breaks from college… and beyond.

Torsten writes:
"The Year of The Monkeys"

During the summer of 2009, I pondered about what new activity would stimulate my satiated mind in the absence of schooling. Then I remembered my older sister's encouraging response to discovering the Pacific Primate Sanctuary website and how incredible it would be to work with the animals. What began as an augmentation to cure summer boredom, evolved and flourished into a life changing experience.


The moment I first walked through the doors of the facility, I became aware that this place demanded a lot of respect. It almost discouraged me at first to be overwhelmed with the responsibility that was about to be placed in my hands. Being held accountable for 70 intelligent primates was pretty daunting, yet exciting at the same time. It took a little while to balance these polar emotions. Through the completion of several shifts under the very helpful and expert guidance of the interns Ali and Robin, however, I developed my confidence as a fully functional volunteer.


…I was able to take a step back and really observe the primates with an understanding of their unique situation, which humbled me…. Their behavior is so much like our own that it forced me to empathize with them more so than other animals. I'll never forget the first time Viola grasped my hand; it gave me chills down my back. Then I soon realized that this (Sanctuary living) really is the only way for their lives to be preserved safely, especially considering their background in laboratories and private ownership…

Torsten's Hanuman T-Shirt Design

Knowing all this, I decided that I should contribute more to the sanctuary than just giving my time. Being a senior student at King Kekaulike High School, I was required to complete a senior project which included a research paper, product, and presentation all on a chosen topic. My work at the Pacific Primate Sanctuary provided the perfect foundation to build off of. I chose non-human primate testing as my research paper and presentation topic, and the sale of my original "Monkey T-shirts" as my product. Through my efforts I was able to raise $100 to donate to the sanctuary. The sanctuary essentially gave me all the necessary tools and information to complete that project and graduate from high school successfully.

I have gained so much knowledge and appreciation for these animals’ behavior, physiology, and psyche that I would never have acquired by reading some textbook. The Sanctuary is not only a safe haven for primates; it is a place where memories, friends, and experience are gained. The gratification one gets through working with the animals and helping to perpetuate their lives is worth it in of its self. I can think of nothing that would have been as rewarding as volunteering my time at the Pacific Primate Sanctuary this last year, and I look forward to helping out in the future in anyway I can.



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Primate Update E-Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 7, Part 2

WHAT’S HAPPENING at PPS?

Building the New PPS Extension

Looking down the PPS Extension Corridor

We are currently in the process of building an outdoor extension to accommodate the monkeys now living indoors in portables. Construction of the new extension is almost complete, and the Sanctuary is need of financial support.

Thank you to Jeff from Corners, Ltd. for coming to Maui, and volunteering your time to install the panels for the new enclosure. We would also like to thank Jim at Corners, Ltd. for providing us with a generous discount on the caging materials.

The building is now up! The caging materials have all been installed, and now we need to get electricity and water to the new enclosures. With the building stage nearly complete, it’s time to outfit the enclosures with plants, branches, and hammocks so the monkeys can move in!



We Need Your Help!

Please join with us in our life saving work. With your support, we can finish the new
outdoor enclosures for the monkeys now living indoors. Every contribution counts and is greatly appreciated.

Envisioning the New PPS Extension

Rescue Fund

A Rescue Fund will allow us to provide refuge for at risk animals needing to be brought to the Sanctuary immediately. Laboratories and pet owners often have deadlines for placement and may not contribute to the costs involved in getting the animal to Pacific Primate Sanctuary or provide for their housing and care. Your contributions will allow us to reach out to these monkeys and bring them to this safe haven.
Please send your tax-deductible donations to:


Pacific Primate Sanctuary
500-A Haloa Road
Haiku, HI 96708


Or donate on our website, www.pacificprimate.org using PayPal.

PPS PEOPLE in the SPOTLIGHT

Meet PPS Extern Mary Catherine

Mary Catherine recently moved to Maui with her husband, Brad, to become a full-time volunteer at Pacific Primate Sanctuary! Mary Catherine learned about Pacific Primate Sanctuary through a colleague who received an e-mail about our Internship program. After reading her application materials we knew that she would be an amazing addition to our Sanctuary Family. She is compassionate and selfless, and committed to helping primates.
Mary Catherine will be working much as an intern, but will be living off site. She has six years of experience with environmental enrichment and behavioral conditioning of Chimpanzees and monkeys in a laboratory setting. Mary Catherine is excited to be working in a Sanctuary, where the focus is truly on the wellbeing of the animals. We are thrilled to share our knowledge and experience with Mary Catherine, and also to learn from her.

In her application, Mary Catherine wrote:
I knew the Pacific Primate Sanctuary embodied everything I believe when I read the Deep Ecology page on your website. It captures the absolute essence of the core beliefs by which I define myself. The academic life I have lived thus far has handed me many tools, but it cannot provide me with the outlet to use them justly. My aims are to serve and advocate for the primates who do not share my freedoms, and I know my devotion can benefit your monkey families and help support your sanctuary’s mission. The Pacific Primate Sanctuary internship stands out among others because your vision is profound and far-reaching. The lives you are helping deserve loyal commitment, and your words and those of your volunteers clearly reflect a pledge to the animals and to the future of their species. I am eager to be involved in a sanctuary of this caliber.

Welcome Mary Catherine, we are so happy that you are part of
Pacific Primate Sanctuary’s Family



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Primate Update E-Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 6, Part 2

WHAT’S HAPPENING at PPS?

Building the New PPS Extension

PPS Extension roof and framework

We are currently in the process of building an outdoor extension to accommodate the monkeys now living indoors in portables. Construction of the new extension is now well under way, and the Sanctuary is need of financial support.

We are entering into the final stages of construction on the PPS Extension! The roof is now up, and we are in the process of getting water pipes and electricity to the building site. Corners, LTD. has fabricated all the caging materials, and shipped them out to Maui. Jeff from Corners, LTD will be coming to Maui at the end of June to install the panels.





We Need Your Help!

Please join with us in our life saving work. With your support, we can build the new
extension with outdoor enclosures for the monkeys now living indoors. Every
contribution counts and is greatly appreciated.

Envisioning the new PPS Extension

Rescue Fund

A Rescue Fund will allow us to provide refuge for at risk animals needing to be brought
to the Sanctuary immediately. Laboratories and pet owners often have deadlines for
placement and may not contribute to the costs involved in getting the animal to
Pacific Primate Sanctuary or provide for their housing and care. Your contributions will
allow us to reach out to these monkeys and bring them to this safe haven.

Please send your tax-deductible donations to:


Pacific Primate Sanctuary
500-A Haloa Road
Haiku, HI 96708


Or donate on our website, www.pacificprimate.org and our Facebook Page,
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Haiku-HI/Pacific-Primate-
Sanctuary-Inc/278605635163?ref=mf using PayPal.

PPS INTERNSHIP

Words from our Angels

Each Intern who comes to Pacific Primate Sanctuary brings a unique perspective and
personal history. With each new Intern, the Sanctuary benefits from the knowledge of
that individual, so we are constantly growing and learning to be better caregivers.
Likewise, each Intern gains from her year as a primate caregiver at the Sanctuary.
The following quotes are from some of the Sanctuary Interns’ farewell letters:

Pacific Primate Sanctuary has given me the opportunity to join others in helping to
undo some damage done to these innocent creatures…. It is wonderful to be
surrounded by likeminded and conscious individuals who care about and for the earth’s
creatures. Mahalo to all Pacific Primates, human and non-human alike, for teaching me
compassion.                                       -Intern Vera

The Sanctuary has been a unique place for me to experience compassionate animal
care giving among a community of incredibly kindhearted individuals. The volunteers
at the Sanctuary taught me numerous lessons for life, including positivism, humility,
and selflessness.                               -Intern Elise

I have been really touched by the dedication, support and love all the volunteers (past
and present) show the Sanctuary, and I have really enjoyed being part of this
wonderful team and part of the monkeys lives, its been so rewarding to be able to
offer these marvelous monkeys a better life…. one of the best feelings is when you
totally feel overwhelmed and you look up and just see the monkeys being themselves
and instantly you feel a calming effect of peace and joy, it makes all your troubles
disappear and you feel so small.              -Intern Tez

The volunteers at PPS are a constant reminder that with compassion and love, very
few people can still make a very big difference. Pacific Primate Sanctuary has
definitely proven to be an angel magnet… This has been such a special and unique
experience and I can’t say thank you enough to the people who made it possible for
me to be a part of this effort.                    –Intern Alli


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Primate Update E-Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 4, Part 2

WHAT’S HAPPENING at PPS?


PPS Extension

We are currently in the process of building more outdoor enclosures to accommodate the monkeys now living indoors in portables. Construction of the new Extension is now well under way, and the Sanctuary is in urgent need of funds for this vital project.

Thanks to Steven, work is getting done on the on the much-needed Marmoset and Tamarin extension! Despite all the rain, the foundation has been poured and the framework will soon be complete. Next, the roof will go up. Steven is also working out the design details with Jeff Smith at Corners LTD. Jeff is planning to come to Maui to install the pre-made panels in June.

Steven and Jonathan Framing the New Extension

 We Need Your Help

Please join with us in our life saving work. With your help, we can build the new
addition with outdoor enclosures for the monkeys now living indoors.

PPS Extension design

Rescue Fund

Please help the monkeys by contributing to our Rescue Fund. This fund will allow us to provide homes for at risk animals needing to be brought to the Sanctuary immediately. Laboratories and pet owners often have deadlines for placement and may not contribute to the costs involved in getting the animal to Pacific Primate Sanctuary and for providing housing and care.

For example: we were just contacted about rescuing a pet monkey in Washington who is facing euthanization after his “owner” became too sick to care for him. Airfare alone for the marmoset will be over $300. Please contribute to our Rescue Fund to help with these emergencies.

Send your tax-deductible donations to:


Pacific Primate Sanctuary
500-A Haloa Road
Haiku, HI 96708


Or donate on our website, www.pacificprimate.org using PayPal.


PPS PEOPLE in the SPOTLIGHT

Meet PPS Volunteer Judi

Festive Judi, gift wrapping at the

PPS holiday fundraiser

Judi has been volunteering with Pacific Primate Sanctuary for almost a year now, and has proven to be an amazing asset to the Sanctuary. Judi has a long background in working with horses and human primates. She has been a swim instructor and has worked with special needs children and adults, but never with non-human primates. We soon learned that she was eager to learn, and to help in every way she could!

Not only is Judi very reliable about driving from Kahakuloa (a very long drive from Haiku!) to volunteer for her weekly animal care shift, she is also the first to sign up for any special events. She came in every single week during the month of our gift-wrapping fundraiser and always stayed longer than she was signed up for. Judi also proposed to organize a Silent Auction as a fundraiser for the Sanctuary, and is currently working on making that a reality. Aunty Judi frequently thinks about what can be done to help the monkeys and is always spreading the word about Pacific Primate Sanctuary.

One particularly unique and helpful skill that Judi has contributed to the Sanctuary is her amazing sewing ability! When Judi first came to the Sanctuary, many of the monkeys’ soft sleeping houses were in desperate need of mending. Judi mentioned that she could sew, and offered to help mend the hammocks. We soon realized that Judi was a seamstress wizard!! Not only could she mend the tattered hammocks, she soon began making sleeping houses and tents from scratch. She customizes the sleeping houses for the individual preferences of each monkey as well! Otis used to chew holes along the bottom edge of his sleeping house, but Judi created a sleeping house with a hole already there, and Otis is no longer chewing. Frieda used to chew holes in between the top layers of her sleeping house, and Judi fixed this as well. She created a sleeping house with a pocket on the top for Frieda to cuddle into. Judi has also solved a problem we were having with carpets by sewing a special covering around all the edges. We can now place carpets in the bottom of sleeping houses without having to worry about the carpets unraveling. Judi spends countless hours at home on all these special sewing projects for the monkeys. We are so blessed to have Judi as part of our Sanctuary ‘Ohana!

PPS INTERNSHIP

The PPS internship has become a coveted position and the selection process for future interns is on going. We currently have an applicant from Harvard and another from Oxford University! Thank you Dr. Bud, Erin, Robin, Dana and Lucy for your input on our Intern applicants’ documents. Your input and insights are greatly appreciated.

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Primate Update E-Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 3, Part 2

WHAT’S HAPPENING at PPS?

PPS Extension

There are currently 20 monkeys living in indoor portables who need to get out into the green world. The Pacific Primate Sanctuary Board has approved the building of a new extension, and financing this vital project has become a priority. The Sanctuary is in urgent need of funds to help fund this project that is already underway.

The area for the new extension has been cleared, and the foundation is built up. The cement trucks came up, poured the foundation. Corners, Ltd. has begun the process of fabricating the pieces for the new extension!

Please join with us in this life saving work. With your help, we can build this new
addition with outdoor enclosures for the monkeys now living indoors.

The Cement Foundation for the New Extension Being Poured

Please send your tax-deductible donations to:


Pacific Primate Sanctuary
500-A Haloa Road
Haiku, HI 96708

Or donate on our website, www.pacificprimate.org using PayPal.

Pacific Primate Sanctuary on the Web!

Our “web-master” Volunteer Lisa has been updating our website, and added a new video gallery as well more newspaper/magazine articles. She has also revamped our Volunteer application to make it easier to fill out and email, and is in the process of updating the photo gallery.
Please check out the website to view all these exciting changes!

Erin has created and added a new (warm-fuzzy) video to YouTube this month! The video, depicting Thanksgiving at PPS (with beautiful music by Steven!), can be viewed at the following sites:
YouTube
Facebook

A Hui Ho Intern Alli

Intern Alli has completed her one-year internship, and moved back to the Mainland. We will miss her positive demeanor, thirst for knowledge, compassion, ever-present bright smile, and true loving kindness. Alli writes: “This has been such a special and unique experience and I can’t say thank you enough to the people who made it possible for me to be a part of this effort. I’ll keep the Sanctuary ‘Ohana, and monkeys in my thoughts and heart.”

PPS PEOPLE in the SPOTLIGHT

Meet Operations Officer Erin

Erin first came to Pacific Primate Sanctuary in September 2007, as a resident Intern. Six months into the internship, Erin had the unique opportunity to hand rear Viola, a rejected Capuchin infant, along with fellow intern Tez. Having spent a year working in a Vet Clinic prior to arriving at PPS, Erin was very familiar with medical terminology and procedures. This knowledge proved to be helpful as Erin created an Emergency Care Training Flip Chart and Manual. Towards the end of her internship, Erin was asked to stay on as Chief Operations Officer, which would be a new position at the Sanctuary! As Operations Officer, Erin works in the office with Lucy doing everything it takes to raise funds, develop our online monthly Primate Update, and post videos, and pictures to our online sites. She also helps oversee the selection of new volunteers and interns, consults with our Board, solicits input from our senior staff, and attends to the multitude of details necessary to run PPS.

Erin oversees the general care of the monkeys, providing advice to the interns, and working with our outstanding veterinarians to provide the best possible care for the monkeys. She makes sure the interns have everything they need to care for the animals. Recently, Erin was voted in as a member of the Pacific Primate Sanctuary Board. Her contribution in creating our FaceBook page and Blog is bringing the Sanctuary closer to many new people who are now become “Fans” and “Followers” of PPS. Erin is an invaluable member of the Sanctuary Family!


SPECIAL THANKS

Thank you to our new webmaster-volunteer, Lisa for all your help with the website this month. Thank you Steven, Linda, Dr. Bud, Jennifer, Robin, Dana, Alli, Pete, Jonathan, Torsten, Morgan S., Dr. Delaney and Dr. Dressler, Lucy, and Erin, our right hand woman, for your support which makes all things possible.

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Primate Update E-Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Part 2

WHAT’S HAPPENING at PPS?

PPS Extension

There are currently 20 monkeys living in indoor portables who need to get out into the green world. The Pacific Primate Sanctuary Board has approved the building of a new extension, and financing this vital project has become a priority. The Sanctuary is in urgent need of funds to construct this additional housing for the primates.

At this point, the designs have been finalized and the actual physical process is beginning. The area for the new extension has been marked out, and supplies are being brought in. Soon we will begin clearing the area, and building the foundation. Corners, Ltd. has begun the process of fabricating the pieces for the new extension!

Site for the new extension


Please join with us in this life saving work. With your help, we can build this new
addition with outdoor enclosures for the monkeys now living indoors.

Please send your tax-deductible donations to:

Pacific Primate Sanctuary
500-A Haloa Road
Haiku, HI 96708

Or donate on our website, www.pacificprimate.org using PayPal.


Pacific Primate Sanctuary on the Web!

We are currently in the process of updating our website. Please check it out and see the changes including new pictures, a video gallery, and additional news articles.

We have also updated our blog, and made some formatting changes to make it easier to read. We have continued to add to our Facebook page as well, adding well several new pictures of the primates and the Sanctuary grounds. We also added a new video to YouTube this month!

Please check out PPS on the web at the following sites:
YouTube
Facebook
Pacific Primate Sanctuary

Thank you to all of our supporters who are using GoodSearch for all of their web browsing, and to those who are using GoodShop for their online shopping. We have seen a definite increase in donations generated from this wonderful program. Please continue to spread the word to all your friends and family members. Remember there is no cost to use GoodSearch or GoodShop, and every time you do they donate money to Pacific Primate Sanctuary! Please see GoodShop for further details.

PPS PEOPLE in the SPOTLIGHT

Meet Dr. Bud

Dr. Bud is one of most long-standing Volunteers at Pacific Primate Sanctuary, having been with us for nearly a decade. He came to the Sanctuary after retiring from 29 years of medical practice as an OB/Gyn. He has a profound love of animals, and says he was looking forward to working with the monkeys as soon as he retired.

Since he began volunteering at PPS, in March 2002, he has proven to be an extremely devoted and reliable animal caregiver. Dr. Bud comes in for two AM shifts each week, always arrives a little bit early, and immediately begins the vital task of preparing the breakfast. Not only is he incredibly reliable, but he also takes great pride in each and every task he undertakes. Sleeping boxes gleam when he has finished cleaning them and the outdoor enclosures look beautiful after he has pruned them. Dr. Bud always has a task in mind, and knows what needs to be done- he is never idle or at a loss for what to do. He loves yard work and is meticulous in keeping the Sanctuary grounds beautiful! Additionally, with his medical background, Dr. Bud’s provides astute advice and information on any health concerns we may have with the monkeys.

Dr. Bud is also the Vice President of Pacific Primate Sanctuary’s Board of Directors. We all respect Dr. Bud tremendously and appreciate his wealth of knowledge in many areas. We rely upon him to offer his opinion on all matters concerning the Sanctuary. He particularly likes to play “Devil’s Advocate” getting us all to look at issues from different perspectives. Dr. Bud is a Top-Notch Volunteer, and we feel so fortunate to have him as a part of the Pacific Primate Sanctuary ‘Ohana!

THANK YOU DR. BUD FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND ALL THAT YOU ARE!


SPECIAL THANKS

Thank you to our new Webmaster Volunteer, Lisa! This month Lisa took time to show Erin the best way to post on the blog, as well as teaching her some great tricks. She has also made several changes to our website.

We see what an important contribution the families of our Interns make in supporting their family members in their service to the animals as PPS Interns! Thank you for providing for the Interns while they here, for your “care packages”, and for your encouragement and backing. You are truly supporting the sanctuary up with your lovingkindness!

Mahalo to all the Volunteers, past and present, for your heartfelt contributions to the monkeys at Pacific Primate Sanctuary!

Sanctuary Interns and Volunteers 1/10

Thank you for your selfless service and for keeping the Aloha alive!



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Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:
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You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

Primate Update E-Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Part 2

WHAT’S HAPPENING at PPS?

Board Meeting

The members of Pacific Primate Sanctuary’s Board of Directors got together for a meeting this month. We would like to welcome Chief Operations Officer Erin, who was voted in as the newest member of the PPS Board! The primary topic at our meeting centered on building the new extension for the Sanctuary. After much discussion about the details, including a conversation with the building designer and our Treasurer/Bookkeeper, the PPS Board unanimously approved going forward with this building project!

PPS Extension

There are currently 20 monkeys living in indoor portables who need to get out into the green world. Their presence is creating unstable social dynamics in the established monkey groups in the outdoor enclosures. Since the Pacific Primate Sanctuary Board has approved the building of this new extension, financing this vital project has become a priority. The Sanctuary is in urgent need of funds to construct this additional housing for the primates.

We are in the final stages of design plans, and are focusing on working out all the details. We are in communication with Corners Ltd., who created all of our current marmoset and tamarin enclosures. Corners, who has been an important partner in all of our primate housing projects, has offered us a very generous discount of 1/3 off their price! Once again, manager Jeff Smith has offered to come to Maui from Kalamazoo to install the enclosures

Please join with us in this life saving work. With your help, we can build this new
addition with outdoor enclosures for the monkeys now living indoors.

Please send your tax-deductible donations to:

Pacific Primate Sanctuary
500-A Haloa Road
Haiku, HI 96708

Or donate on our website, www.pacificprimate.org using PayPal.

Gift Wrapping at Borders

Borders Books and Music in the Maui Marketplace once again let us participate in their annual Gift Wrapping Fundraiser! We had some great days, and a lot of fun. We were able to raise funds, and increase awareness of Pacific Primate Sanctuary. Mahalo to our many wonderful supporters who volunteered their time and gift-wrapping skills! A special Mahalo to all of you who came in on December 23. This was a VERY busy day, and all the volunteers who came in stayed many hours longer than they were signed up for. Thank you for volunteering extra time at the last minute to make our final day of Gift Wrapping a true success!

Volunteers Jessica and Judi Gift Wrapping at Borders

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